Longitudinal Course and Correlates of Parents' Differential Treatment of Siblings in Mexican-Origin Families
Longitudinal Course and Correlates of Parents' Differential Treatment of Siblings in Mexican-Origin Families
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10.1111/famp.12328
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.
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Padilla, Jenny;McHale, Susan M.;Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.
父母的差别待遇（PDT）是一种常见的家庭动态，与青少年的发展和福祉有关，包括适应问题和不良的兄弟姐妹关系。然而，人们对 PDT 的发展过程以及父母在青春期和成年早期以不同方式对待孩子的情况知之甚少。这项研究考察了从青春期早期到成年早期，母亲和父亲与两个孩子的差异性温暖和冲突的纵向变化，并考察了父母个人压力（抑郁症状和角色超载）和婚姻困难的经历，作为 PDT（变化）的时变相关性。我们还测试了交叉效应，以确定母亲的个人压力和婚姻困难经历是否与父亲的差别待遇有关，反之亦然。参与者是来自 246 个墨西哥裔家庭的母亲、父亲和两个兄弟姐妹，他们在 8 年间在家中接受了 3 次采访。多层次模型显示，母亲和父亲与两个孩子之间的差异性冲突会在青春期中期增加，然后在成年早期下降，但父母的差异性温暖并没有随着时间的推移而发生变化。一般来说，母亲和父亲的差别待遇水平因他们自己的个人压力和婚姻困难的经历以及他们配偶的经历而加剧。然而，在某些情况下，比平时更大的压力与比平时更少的差别待遇有关。
Parents' differential treatment (PDT) is a common family dynamic that has been linked to youth development and well-being, including adjustment problems and poor sibling relationships. Much less is known, however, about the developmental course of PDT and the conditions under which parents treat their children differently in adolescence and young adulthood. This study examined longitudinal changes in mothers' and fathers' differential warmth and conflict with their two offspring from early adolescence through young adulthood and examined parents' experiences of individual stress (depressive symptoms and role overload) and marital difficulties as time-varying correlates of (changes in) PDT. We also tested crossover effects to determine whether mothers' experiences of individual stress and marital difficulties were linked to fathers' differential treatment, and vice versa. Participants were mothers, fathers, and two siblings from 246 Mexican-origin families who were interviewed in their homes on three occasions over 8 years. Multilevel models revealed that mothers' and fathers' differential conflict with their two children increased until middle adolescence and then declined into young adulthood, but there were no changes over time for parents' differential warmth. In general, both mothers' and fathers' levels of differential treatment were exacerbated by their own experiences of individual stress and marital difficulties and also by the experiences of their spouses. However, in some cases, greater stress than usual was linked to less differential treatment than usual.